The sun came out Saturday morning, the temperature nudged into the 90s, the heat index topped out over 100. It was just after noon when practice number two of the Tar Heels’ August camp ended and the offense spread out the width of the field to run three across-and-back conditioning sprints, and then senior receiver Mack Hollins was called in front of the group to put the cherry on top: Two perfect jumping jacks.
And by “perfection” the drill is to be done in unison—50-some players moving together, slapping their thigh pads at the bottom together, cadence count in a one-two-three-one, one-two-three-two fashion.